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Ronin 浪人と伝説 Legends about masterless Samurai

. 47 Ronin and the Chushingura 47浪人　/ 忠臣蔵　 .

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......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
利根郡 Tone district みなかみ町 Minakami town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
A rich farmer named 塩原多助 Shiohara Tasuke had a son.
When his father died he tried hard to keep the family together.
But his stepmother お亀 O-Kame took some Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai in the home and abused her son.
So Tasuke decided to leave the home.
Tasuke said good bye to his beloved horse 青 Sei, crying, walking away in the moonshine.
When he settled down in Edo, he soon became a very rich man.
O-Kame had a daughter, who was about to marry a Ronin, but at the wedding night,
the horse Sei jumped into the home and killed bride and groom.




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町

. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 .

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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 平鎌田町 Tairakamada town

akizoonushi ga fuchi 顕蔵主淵 アキゾウヌシガフチ The deep pool Akizonushi

Near 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji there is a deep pool, Akinonushi.
Nearby lived a couple, the husband was roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai.
The priest from 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji fell in love with the woman and invited her many times.
But she did not do it and instead told her husband.
The angry husband killed the priest and threw him in the nearby river.
Now every time the husband passed the the place, there appeared a monster samurai,
and soon the husband went crazy and died.
They say this was the curse of the priest.




......................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
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鎌倉市 Kamakura city

. Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま）"wild quilt", "wild blanket" .
Yokai squirrel, Yokai bat

In April there were rumors about a strange thing coming to the beach.
One day 鳶の伊兵衛 Tonbi no Ihei killed it.
It looked like a weasel with eyes like a rabit and wings.
Nobody knew what this creature was, so they went to roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai
who lived near by and asked him.
He told them this was Nobusuma, which usually lived in the mountains.

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Kanagawa 久里濱村 　/ 久里浜 Kurihama village

shoonin 上人 a saint
At 念徳寺 the Temple Zentoku-Ji there lived a priest called 禅誉上人 Saint Senyo.
Once a Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai walked past who had just shot a bird with his arrow.
The next day a female duck came to the temple, carrying the head of a duck.
It was the head which the Ronin had shot at, the husband of the female duck.
The saint held a special prayer ritual and oh wonder,
the duck flew up into the sky.
When the Ronin heard about it, he threw away his bow and became a pupil of the Saint.




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
宮津市 Miyazu city

koma jishi 高麗獅子 Statues of Korean Lions
One day the statues of Korean Lions became alive, jumped to the sky and went to the town.
They behaved badly and caused a lot to trouble to the people,
When a Ronin cut off one of its legs, the Shishi fell down, but got on its legs again and run away.
When the villagers checked the next morning, one of the Shishi had its leg cut off
and blood had been coming out.
. shishimai 獅子舞と伝説 Legends about the Korean lion dance .




......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
柴田郡 Shibata district 川崎町 Kawasaki town

kesakiri Jizoo 袈裟切り地蔵 Jizo with a cut priest's robes

In former times, at 竜雲寺 the Temple Ryoun-Ji there was a stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu in front of the gate.
This Jizo would turn into an onyudo 大入道 O-Nyudo monster and threaten people,
so not many people came this road any more.
One evening, a Ronin named 梁川庄八 Yanagawa Shohachi passed this road
and the O-Nyudo monster appeared.
When Yanagawa tried to kill it with his sword, there was a strange sound
and the monster disappeared.
When they checked the next morning, there was a statue of Jizo Bosatsu with his right shoulder cut.
Since this event, the place was known as Yanagawa Shohachi kesakiri no Jizo 柳川庄八袈裟切りの地蔵
"Jizo who had his priest robe cut by Yanagawa Shohachi".
Villagers think the O-Nyudo was 狸 a Tanuki who had shape-shifted.
. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .




......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
大津市 Otsu city

jogen mushi 常元虫、浄元虫 an insect named Jogen
In the village of 志賀郡別保村 Beppo a Samurai cut off his hair and took on the priest name of 浄元 Jogen.
But he was a heinous fellow. If a traveller stayed over night at his home,
he killed him and took all of his belongings.
Eventually his vicious deeds became known
and he was bound on kaki no ki 柿の木 a persimmon tree for seven days before being killed.
His dead body was then buried under the tree.
Now many insects came crawling out from under the tree, with a kind of human face.
The villagers called the insects "Jogen mushi".

......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
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kiku 菊 chrysanthemum - a woman named O-Kiku
お菊 O-Kiku, the daughter of the Ronin 向坂甚内 Kosaka Jinnai and
. sara yashiki　皿屋敷 "the Dish Mansion" .




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

Tenguyama 天狗山 Mount Tengu
At 甲州白峰 Mount Shiramine in Koshu a Ronin met a large man in the mountains
and they started wrestling. But they soon fell down in the valley.
The large man twisted the head of the Ronin, so he swooned.
When he came back to his senses, the big man had vanished.
His head was turned left and did not come back to normal.
But his ability to shoot grew better, a hit at each of 100 shots.
. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
In Toyama 富山県, to the South of Tateyama is Mount Tenguyama 天狗山.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

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